Lula da Silva overtook Bolsonaro in pre-election opinion polls in Brazil

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva continues to outperform Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in the pre-election polls, but the gap between them is narrowing. This was reported on August 5 by the Reuters news agency with reference to the Quaest survey.

"In a simulated second round of elections, Lula would have received 44% support compared to Bolsonaro's 39%. <...> In the first round, Lula would have led with 39% of the vote, followed by Bolsonaro (30%), Renan Santos (4%), Ronaldo Cayado (4%) and Romeu Zema (2%)," the article says.

A previous poll showed that Lula would have won 40% in the first round, while Bolsonaro would have won 28%. The authors of the material also noted that if none of the candidates gets more than 50% of the valid votes in the first round, the two leaders go through to the second round.

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On July 18 last year, Lula da Silva announced his intention to run for president again next year, if his health permits. He also added that he would run for president in the most democratic way for the sake of victory, not for the sake of struggle.